Manchester United v Chelsea FA Cup Semi-Final - Official Match Thread 19/7/20 6pm

Wing Backs

Enough in that side to win. Especially with Chelsea doing the same and our subs.

Shite team, should have clocked the Spurs result....

May need the cavalry in the second half

Dunno what to make of that. Fred and Matic look like an odd partnership in midfield.

At least we'll have pace in the middle of the defence.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

looks like he's gone 3 at the back

Degea

Magurie Lindeloff Bailly
WanBissaka . . . . . . . . . . . . Williams
James . . . . . Matic. . . . . . . .Fred
Bruno
Rashford

surprised fernandes is starting, he looked £#%&!ed the other night.

we win this though

Bruno again

Lingard out of the squad. Plenty on the bench.

Pulisic not starting for them is a plus.

Originally Posted by Vedder

Bruno again

He's just so darn important to us.

Looking forward to watching James provide the wrong pass to anyone in particular

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

Looking forward to watching James provide the wrong pass to anyone in particular

old billy whizz needs to sort his act out. he's got pace but that's about it, real headless chicken stuff.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

old billy whizz needs to sort his act out. he's got pace but that's about it, real headless chicken stuff.

He's trying too hard in his cameos too. If he can calm the £#%&! down and do the simple things, then he'll be a good option for us.

We'll see how it goes but Giroud is going to be a handful for our defenders.

Really worried about our lack of creativity going foward, a hell of a lot of pressure on Bruno to make everything happen in that team.

Same formation as League Cup but it's Fernandes instead of Lingard Bailly instead of Rojo and Matic for The Scottish Player and De Gea.

Another Rashford free kick would be nice.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

We'll see how it goes but Giroud is going to be a handful for our defenders.

Really worried about our lack of creativity going foward, a hell of a lot of pressure on Bruno to make everything happen in that team.

Stick Maguire and Giroud and we should be fine. It's pace I worry about more against our defence.

I like the security that 3 CBs and Fred + Matic brings. No reason for us to get overrun, but as you say - big onus on Bruno to create but there's not a lot of guile in there.

I can't see this being anything other than cagey and a tight one. Both teams in a similar position in terms of balancing league and cup, mixing up the teams and having insurance on the bench.

I hopeful our form will edge it.

So long as we're not trailing by more than one mid-way through the second half, we'll end up smashing them when the subs come on. That bench

We don't wanna win this then...

James ffs...

Originally Posted by windy waffles

We don't wanna win this then...

James ffs...

See post 55. We won that night.

Whatever the team, I hope we smash them. This Arsenal team are mentally weak so we need to go a bit bully boy if they have any good passages of play. We do that, they’ll revert to type and Bruno can start tugging at strings and seeing what comes off.

Originally Posted by NedKelly

Whatever the team, I hope we smash them. This Arsenal team are mentally weak so we need to go a bit bully boy if they have any good passages of play. We do that, they’ll revert to type and Bruno can start tugging at strings and seeing what comes off.